Source: National Archives,
RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary
of State Kissinger’s Staff
Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 6, Secretary’s Staff Meetings.
Secret; Nodis. Kissinger chaired the meeting,
which was attended by all the principal officers including the
assistant secretaries for the regional but not functional bureaus of
the Department or their designated alternates.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
10, 3/6/1975. Top Secret. The meeting was held in the Oval Office.
Brackets are in the original. On March 5 a House Appropriations
subcommittee, chaired by Passman, deferred action on the administration’s
emergency military aid request. That delay decreased the likelihood
of quick congressional action.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
10, 3/11/1975. Secret. The meeting was held in the Oval Office. All
brackets, with the exception of those describing omitted material,
are in the original.

Source: Ford Library, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files, Box 17, Ominous Developments
in Vietnam. Secret; Sensitive. Urgent; Sent for information. A
handwritten notation by Scowcroft at the top of the memorandum reads:
“HAK made aware.” Kissinger was in the Middle
East.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
10, 3/14/1975. Secret; Nodis. The
meeting was held in the Oval Office. All brackets, with the
exception of those describing omitted material, are in the
original.

Source: Ford Library,
National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for East Asia
and the Pacific, Box 19, Vietnam (9) Secret. Urgent; Sent for
information. According to the attached correspondence profile,
Scowcroft discussed the
memorandum with Ford on April
7.

Source:
Ford Library, National
Security Adviser, Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Box 5,
Vietnam, President Nguyen Van
Thieu. No classification marking. A handwritten
notation at the top of the page reads: “To be delivered by AmbMartin.”

Source: Central Intelligence Agency,
NIC Files, Job 79–R01012A, Box
497, SNIE 53/14.3–75, March 1975.
Secret; Sensitive. The Central Intelligence Agency and the
intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, and
Treasury and the National Security Agency participated in the
preparation of this estimate. The Director of Central Intelligence
submitted the estimate with the concurrence of all members of the
USIB except the FBI and Department of Treasury
representatives who abstained. The estimate also appears in National
Intelligence Council, Estimative Products on
Vietnam, 1948–1975 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government
Printing Office, 2005), pp. 645–650.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Meetings File, Box 1. Top Secret;
Sensitive. The meeting was held in the White House Cabinet Room. All
brackets, except those describing omitted material, are in the
original.

Source: National Archives,
RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary
of State Kissinger’s Staff
Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 6, Secretary’s Staff Meetings.
Secret. Kissinger chaired the
meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers including
the assistant secretaries for the regional but not functional
bureaus of the Department or their designated alternates.

Source: National Archives,
RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary
of State Kissinger’s Staff
Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 6, Secretary’s Staff Meetings.
Secret. Kissinger chaired the
meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers including
the assistant secretaries for the regional but not functional
bureaus of the Department or their designated alternates.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser,
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 19,
Vietnam (14). Top Secret. Sent for information. Scow-croft wrote on
the top of the first page: “Thanks, BS.”

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser,
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 19,
Vietnam (17). Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Urgent; Sent for
information. Scowcroft wrote
on the top of the first page: “Thanks, BS.”

Source: Ford Library,
National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for East Asia
and the Pacific, Box 3, Cambodia (15). Top Secret. Sent for action.
A handwritten notation by Scowcroft at the top of the memorandum reads:
“Action Complete, BS.”

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser,
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 4,
Cambodia, State Department Telegrams, From SECSTATE, Nodis (3). Top Secret; Nodis; Flash. Drafted by Habib and approved by Habib, Lord, and Eagleburger. Repeated to Phnom Penh.

Source:
Ford Library, National
Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the
Pacific, Box 4, Cambodia, State Department Telegrams, From SECSTATE, Nodis (3). Top Secret; Nodis; Flash. Drafted by Habib and approved by Habib, Lord, and Eagleburger.

Source: National Archives,
RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary
of State Kissinger’s Staff
Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 7, Secretary’s Staff Meetings.
Secret. Kissinger chaired the
meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers including
the assistant secretaries for the regional but not functional
bureaus of the Department or their designated alternates. List of
attendees attached but not printed.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser,
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 4,
Cambodia, State Department Telegrams, From SECSTATE, Nodis (3). Secret; Nodis; Flash. Drafted by Habib and approved by Habib and Scowcroft.

Source: National Archives,
RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary
of State Kissinger’s Staff
Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 7, Secretary’s Staff Meetings.
Secret. Kissinger chaired the
meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers including
the assistant secretaries for the regional but not functional
bureaus of the Department or their designated alternates. List of
attendees attached but not printed.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box
11, 4/16/75. Confidential. The meeting was held in the White House
Cabinet Room. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the entire
Cabinet attended the session; the meeting ended at 4:11 p.m. (Ibid.,
Staff Secretary’s Office File) Brackets are in the original.

Source: National Archives,
RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary
of State Kissinger’s Staff
Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 7, Secretary’s Staff Meetings.
Secret. Kissinger chaired the
meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers including
the assistant secretaries for the regional but not functional
bureaus of the Department or their designated alternates.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
11, Chronological File. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the Oval Office. All
brackets except those indicating omitted material are in the
original. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting
lasted from 6:41 to 7:21 p.m. (Ibid., Staff Secretary’s Office
File)

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
11, Chronological File. Top Secret. The meeting was held in the
Roosevelt Room at the White House. Brackets are in the
original.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
11, Chronological File. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the Oval Office. All
brackets, except those indicating omitted material, are in the
original.

Source: National Archives,
RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary
of State Kissinger’s Staff
Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 7, Secretary’s Staff Meetings.
Secret. Kissinger chaired the
meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers including
the assistant secretaries for the regional but not functional
bureaus of the Department or their designated alternates. All
brackets, except those describing omitted material, are in the
original.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
11, Chronological File. Confidential. The meeting was held in the
White House Cabinet Room. Brackets are in the original.

Source: Ford
Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box
11, Chronological File. Confidential. The meeting was held in the
White House Cabinet Room. Brackets are in the original. A list of
attendees is attached but not printed.

Source: Ford Library, National Security
Adviser, Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific,
Box 20, Vietnam (23). Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. According to the
covering memorandum from Smyser, May 12, the NSC Staff prepared this memorandum. Kissinger did not initial it and
there is no indication that Ford saw it.